Walkthrough part 19

Walkthrough

This mission starts out innocuously enough. After a lengthy conversation between your party of four, you'll eventually gain control and be able to move towards the smoke point designated on your HUD to begin the real mission. Why isn't this considered real? Well, until you reach the smoke at the end of the linear pathway before you, you won't run into any enemy units or have to fire your gun off at all. In other words, things are pretty easy in the early-going. That is, until a friendly helicopter is shot down right before your eyes.

Naturally, you'll need to descend the rather sharp hill in front of you. However, we're going to take you to the missile launcher that's theoretically the most difficult to reach from this current position first. Why is that? Well, the answer is simple enough believe it or not. There are three collectible guns and two gold bars in the vicinity of that missile launcher, so that's good, not to mention the fact that taking out the hardest, most out-of-the-way missile launcher first will make things much easier for you later.

So, head down the cliff and swing leftward so that you enter the water and begin crossing the horizontal water towards the large island on the other side. The northernmost missile launcher is located on that island. Try to bear onto the rightmost island, so as to avoid having to use the rather conspicuous bridge connecting the two swaths of land. Then, carefully approach the buildings surrounding the missile launcher. You shouldn't run into any enemies before reaching this small set of buildings (as long as you crouch down and take things slowly), but once you do reach these buildings, get ready to fight, starting with the enemies within the first shack you come across.

When those enemies have been cleared out, it's time to direct your attention to the missile launcher itself. No enemies should come at you from behind, so peek your head out of the front door of the shack towards the missile launcher and make yourself seen. This will bring out any enemies outside protecting the missile launcher, thereby giving you their locations on the HUD. Clear the enemies in the area and be sure to grab the C4 from inside the shack. Then, when the coast is clear, lay a C4 charge on the missile launcher, stand back, and detonate it. This will destroy one of the three missile launchers we've been asked to destroy. Also, be sure to grab the first of the three aforementioned collectible weapons - the MG3 -- outside near the missile launcher before proceeding.

Now, take a look at your map. The northwest section of the island (due north from the location of the previously-destroyed missile launcher) is our next destination. The beauty of traveling up here is that there should be no enemies in between you and that area, nor should there be any in the area once you arrive. So, it should be a straight shot on foot from the missile launcher to this small, empty compound. We still want to explore this area thoroughly, however, because a Gold Bar can be found in the blown out shack here, and in the still in-tact shack, an M16 can be found. You might wanna hold onto that one!

Are you ready for more enemyless shenanigans with awesome payout? Good, because we're about to bring you on another excursion just so we can get another collectible weapon and another gold bar. To get there, again take a look at the map of the area you're currently in. This map will well-represent the area we need to head towards, which is the small, solitary island at the northeast edge of the map. To get there, try to go eastward on land down the horizontal road for as long as possible, and then jump in the water and begin swimming across to the island. As long as you were quiet and inconspicuous, no enemies should see you doing this, so there should be no worries as far as that's concerned.

So, have you arrived at the island yet? You have!? Oh, excellent! That means we can grab the goods we're here for and then take off before the going gets tough. Both the Gold Bar and the collectible, an M24, are easy enough to find, so long as you scour the small island in its entirety. If you're having difficulty, head towards the middle of the island and keep an eye out for a weapon sitting atop a box along the ground, and the typical silver-grey gold carrying case. Examine both to grab the gold and the gun (ditching the gun to reclaim your M16), and then get ready to swim southward, back to the previous island where the first missile launcher was destroyed (except now, we're on the exact opposite side of that island).